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Speedinvest Africa Fund

Geography: Austria
Stage: Seed
Fund size: €200M
Focus: Deep Tech, Digital Infrastructure, FinTech and MedTech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Speedinvest Africa Fund

Speedinvest Africa Fund is a €200M (~$230M) fund backed by a $46M EIB anchor to invest in Africa's fintech infrastructure. Focuses on pre-seed and seed across fintech, SaaS, deeptech, and medtech across the continent.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustria

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

Digital Infrastructure

FinTech

MedTech

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage European deep-tech founders in regulated climate/energy/healthcare sectors

European founders

early-stage

community-driven

Amsterdam/Benelux

operator network

regulated industries

enterprise sales

critical infrastructure

deep-tech AI/robotics

climate tech

energy systems

distributed assets

prevention & longevity

healthcare tech

neurotech

Bullish Signals

Active founder mixers across Europeexternal

Expanding community events to Amsterdamexternal

Active newsletter; portfolio includes Bitpanda, Krakenlinkedin

Portfolio spans fintech + deep tech (ARX Robotics)linkedin

Newsletter live; Blocks portfolio update addedlinkedin

Portfolio includes Diligent; enterprise sales expertiselinkedin

Backing Laelaps AI: critical infra security platformlinkedin

Team hiring across Zurich; serious deployment phaselinkedin

Led Nomos €20M Series A with Index Ventureslinkedin

Nomos connects millions of distributed energy assetslinkedin

Focused on European energy system transformationlinkedin

Virtual demo day: prevention & longevity focuslinkedin

Healthcare portfolio expanding: Five Lives, NeuroHarmonics, Kor, Lucis, Fertifa, Aerskalinkedin

Backing YC-funded Lucis for preventive healthlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Network/event-gated founder accessexternal

Founder Do's

Attend Speedinvest founder mixer events

Engage with local operator communities

Be open to informal idea exchange

Connect via community events early

Subscribe to Speedinvest newsletter for portfolio signals

Focus on prospective client priorities in early calls

Build academic + practical expertise combo

Think first-principles on systemic European problems

Apply for virtual demo day participation

Founder Don'ts

Avoid cold outreach without warm intro

Don't skip community touchpoints

Don't expect US-only focus

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€200M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Speedinvest

FlorianPartner / Team Member

FrederikPartner / Team Member

Frederik HagenauerPartner - AI & Infra

DariaPartner / Team Member

AlexPartner / Team Member

JeroenPartner / Team Member

MarkusPartner / Team Member

WissamPartner / Team Member

PaulaPartner / Team Member

CeciliaPartner / Team Member

EstellePartner / Team Member

Backers

Known LPs

KfW CapitalPublic / State institution

Erste GroupBank

EIB Global (European Investment Bank)Public / State institution

N°04 / See also

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